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2 stroke verses 4 stroke?
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<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" height="100%" id="HB_Mail_Container"><tbody><tr width="100%" height="100%"><td id="HB_Focus_Element" width="100%" height="250" valign="top">GM & EMD + Detroit Diesel ( ie the 71 series) versus ALCO & GE, 1 chug per rotation of crank for 2 cycle,1 chug per 2 rev for 4 cycle, this sound even when they are running same range of rpm always made the Detroits really seem like they were moving fast. Its really obvious in a loco, at trackside a GE just chugs wide open, EMD scream. I think it was the 71 Detroits that were a mini copy of 567/645/710 EMDS. ALCO & FM were great chuggers. </td></tr><tr><td height="1" style="font-size: 1pt"></td></tr></tbody></table>
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